LS1 (9-11) - 2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the molecular basis for heredity by … 2b explaining how DNA may be altered and how this affects genes/heredity (e.g. substitution, insertion, or deletion).
Context of Lesson:
Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.
Students will be able to identify the different types of mutations that can occur with DNA.
Students will be able to depict the different types of mutations that can occur with DNA.
Instruction:
Opening:
As students arrive into the classroom, they will see that there is already a slide projected onto the screen of one sentence in multiple ways. Students will be looking at this slide until the bell rings, trying to figure out what was displayed. We will go through each sentence and students will be called on to say what is different from the original. On the next slide students will see that each of these changes corresponds to a type of mutation that can happen to DNA. I will flip bak and forth between the slides for each type and as a group students will generate a definition for each mutation.
Engagement:
Students will receive the mutations worksheet to complete in class. As they start to work I will create my own drawing on the board as an example of what helps me remember the mutation and insist that they can do much better than mine because I am not creative at all. If I see students are working well and generating good ideas, I will have them also go up to the board and recreate their drawings for the class to see periodically.
Closure:
Students will be asked to color their drawings for homework and told that the best cartoons will be hung up in the room with their permission.
Students will be asked to reflect when they think that mutations could be helpful to a population in their Journals. This will be discussed at the beginning of the next class.
Lesson Plan
Lesson Title: Mutations
State Standards:
LS1 (9-11) - 2Students demonstrate an understanding of the molecular basis for heredity by …
2b explaining how DNA may be altered and how this affects genes/heredity (e.g. substitution, insertion, or deletion).
Context of Lesson:
Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.Materials:
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify the different types of mutations that can occur with DNA.Students will be able to depict the different types of mutations that can occur with DNA.
Instruction:
Opening:
As students arrive into the classroom, they will see that there is already a slide projected onto the screen of one sentence in multiple ways. Students will be looking at this slide until the bell rings, trying to figure out what was displayed. We will go through each sentence and students will be called on to say what is different from the original. On the next slide students will see that each of these changes corresponds to a type of mutation that can happen to DNA. I will flip bak and forth between the slides for each type and as a group students will generate a definition for each mutation.Engagement:
Students will receive the mutations worksheet to complete in class. As they start to work I will create my own drawing on the board as an example of what helps me remember the mutation and insist that they can do much better than mine because I am not creative at all. If I see students are working well and generating good ideas, I will have them also go up to the board and recreate their drawings for the class to see periodically.Closure:
Students will be asked to color their drawings for homework and told that the best cartoons will be hung up in the room with their permission.Students will be asked to reflect when they think that mutations could be helpful to a population in their Journals. This will be discussed at the beginning of the next class.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on the worksheet